Looking for help with reusable cloth pad construction Sewing Machines Parts and Sales in Los Angeles

Hello Reddit,

I’ve been on a few Reddit sections looking for help and I’ve been referred to this comunity for it’s sewing expertise.

I am being forced away from using disposable menstrual products due to a severe allergy and trying to follow my doctor’s advice (being don’t use products that cause harm). A cloth pad is the most budget/user friendly option I have.

I have basic quilting and clothes construction experience and I can follow a pattern. I’m thinking this would be beginner or advanced beginner. I’ve decided to get my pattern off an always disposable pad.

Fabrics:

• top: quilting top cotton /licensed character fabric (100% cotton aka previous quilt project scraps)

• core: heavy bamboo terry cloth x2 and cotton fleece x1 sandwiched between.

• bottom liner: babyville polyurethane laminate (it’s a cloth diaper fabric)

• Bottom: anti pil Cotton fleece

• Fastners: Kam snaps

Questions:

1. Will this work as an ultra absorbent pad?

2. If I do a free motion quilting pattern on the core, will it be more absorbent (and then should I do a diamond or match stick pattern)?